Sagotra marriages petitioner asked to move high court

The Supreme Court Monday asked a petitioner, seeking direction to the central government that marriages within ‘sagotra (same clan)’ be deemed prohibited relationship under the Hindu Marriage Act, to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

A vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Deepak Verma and comprising Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan told senior counsel K.T.S. Tulsi that Naresh Kadyan, the petitioner of the public interest litigation, should move the high court in this regard.